In Turkey, your rights are defended as long as you have friends (and you’re famous) Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, led by iron-hand President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has a horrendous record of imprisoning, censoring and harassing journalists. Notably, after the 2013 Gezi resistance movement and Erdoğan’s feud with former ally, religious leader Fethullah Gülen…
Ay: Aralık 2015
Dijital Uçurum, Sosyal Medya ve Türkiye’nin Politik Hâlleri
İnternet, elektrikten beri insan hayatına en kökten etki eden buluş. Onu kullanmak insanın hem bireysel, hem de toplumsal olarak hayatını yaşama biçimini yeniden şekillendiriyor. Tabii bunu söylerken şunu hatırlamak gerek. Interneti ne kadar toplum yaşamının vazgeçilmez bir öğesi olarak görmeye başlamışsak da, dünyanın aslında yalnızca %45’i internet kullanıyor. Üstelik bu %45’in homojen olarak dağılmış da…
Facebook is a predator of freedom of speech in Turkey (unless you’re a gay-bashing ultra-nationalist hatemonger)
Facebook is a predator of freedom of speech in Turkey (unless you’re a gay-bashing ultra-nationalist hatemonger) Turkish government, one of leading violators of freedom of expression, particularly on the Internet, has been pushing major international social media outlets to open offices in the country for two main reasons; to make them pay taxes and more…
Who is talking (and who’s not) about Turkey’s silent and bloody civil war?
Who is talking (and who’s not) about Turkey’s silent and bloody civil war? Turkey’s Islamist-conservative AKP government has been imposing days-long curfew on predominantly Kurdish regions, which, since June 2015, have opted out voting for the ruling party and given a strong support to the up and coming Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the latest flag bearer…
Turkey, where social networks are regime’s new guard dogs
Turkey, where social networks are regime’s new guard dogs Turkey’s iron-hand ruler Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been enjoying an incontestable power which gradually converts itself to an autocratic regime. The roots of AKP’s unshakeable reign are widely debated; it could be the traditional rural Turkish culture, the religion, the…